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Synonyms for show

Synonyms for show: appearance, display and demo. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

3 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · 1 reason line

The 3 synonyms for show

Interchangeable with show, one per sense

Audited under show's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one show carries in that sense.

  • appearancenoun, in the sense "pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression"
  • displaynoun, in the sense "something intended to communicate a particular impression"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name show as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • demodemo is a verb in the sense "give an exhibition of to an interested audience"

two of these come from show's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsActions

pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

That ceremony is just for show.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

appearance

Same sentence, swapped: That ceremony is just for appearance.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where show stands in the sentence above.

  • school
  • mannerism
  • time
Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineCommunication

something intended to communicate a particular impression

A good show of looking interested.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

display

Same sentence, swapped: A good display of looking interested.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for show in the sentence quoted.

  • appearance
  • expression
  • illustration

Where show turns up in the game

show is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play show

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so show reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. show carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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